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Graduate Admissions

A prospective student must have earned a bachelor's degree or equivalent with a grade point average (GPA) of at least 3.0 on a four-point scale.

Graduate School Requirements

Students are required to submit the following documents to MU's Graduate School at the following address:

Graduate Admissions
210 Jesse Hall
Columbia, MO 65211

  1. Complete the online application at the Graduate School Web site.
  2. A non-refundable application fee.
  3. If applicable, offical TOEFL report of scores taken within the last five years. A minimum of 550 is required for the standard version, or 213 for the computerized version. Exceptions are made if a student attends school in the U.S.
  4. One original offical copy of all college transcripts, in English, from all institutions of higher learning attended.

Departmental Requirements

Students are required to submit the following documents to the program at the following address:

Andrew Clarke, Ph.D.
Director of Graduate Studies
256 William C. Stringer Wing
Columbia, MO 65211-5160
Phone: 573-882-4113

  1. Departmental application form: U.S. Citizen | International (Word).
  2. Official GRE report of scores taken within the last five years. A minimum of 1000 is required on the combined score of the verbal and quantitative sections with neither section below 400 and a minimum of 3.5 on the analytical writing section on the GRE or GMAT.
  3. Statement of purpose.
  4. Three letters of recommendation.
  5. Resume including relevant industry working experience.
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